Demographic profile
Chile is the 66th most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 0.24% of everyone alive. Within South America, it ranks 6 of 14.
Each day brings roughly 759 births and 379 deaths, adding about 138,792 people over a year. At the current natural-increase rate of 0.7% annually, the population would double in roughly 100 years if the rate held. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.
Among its first-level divisions, the largest by our modelled allocation is Los Lagos, holding an estimated 24.7% of the national population. The full breakdown of all 16 states and regions is in the table below — regional figures outside Sudan are modelled estimates built on real region names, and are flagged as such.
Literacy stands near 94.0% and adult smoking prevalence around 12.0%, with life expectancy at about 75.7 years. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.
Quick answers
What is the population of Chile in 2026? Approximately 19,818,741 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).
How fast is Chile growing? About 0.7% per year — roughly 759 births and 379 deaths every day.
What share of the world lives in Chile? Around 0.24% — ranked 66 worldwide by population.